what s the story there? they are going to have to leave. this reaction came swiftly and harshly, as we might expect from maduro after the u.s. declared him not the legitimate leader of venezuel venezuela. so we have seen these kinds of expulsions before. we saw them with u.s. and russia and your diplomats need to leave by friday and your diplomats need to do the same thing. but those could be replaced. but mahmoud duh ro ending political and diplomatic relations with the united states. here s what he said during his speech just this afternoon. the imperial government of the united states is leading a coup attempt against us in order to install a puppet presidency they can control in venezuela. i have decided to break all political and diplomatic relations with the u.s. get out, leave vens ezuela. we have our dignity, damn it. what we re waiting for now is to hear from the state department on their response to this and
supporting the opposition. why? hey, brooke. there s a number of reasons why the white house has laid out rhetoric escalation over the past several days indicating that this move might be made today and the president took the steps shortly after national assembly leader swore himself in as the legitimate president of venezuela. he now has some 30 to 45 days to start new elections in that country. the white house was expect iing that several other countries normally latin american countries, but european nations would also recognize him as the legitimate leader. the big question now with breaking off relations with the united states is what happens specifically at the pump with oil. these two nations for years have tossed back and forth grenades at each other, but maintained a relationship when it come s s t
these trigger an escalating reaction and he has announced just minutes ago he s ending all political and diplomatic relationships with the u.s. and is giving them 72 hours for the consulate staff to leave. the situation etscalating dramatically. we have seen a clash of words played in front of our eyes for the past two weeks. the vice president of the united states mike pence spoke with the president of the venezuelaen national assembly here to reiterate his support to say the united states are on the side of the opposition here. and now we re seeing the reaction from nicholas, who quite literally said, get out of venezuela. boris, to you. the white house s position
also logistically during the shutdown how they are going to get everybody out in a hurry. and what the next steps are. as you heard others say, today on this call, the white house insists that this is just the begin. ing of the pressure that they can put on maduro, but he s clearly wasted no time in exacting some of his revenge on the united states. michelle, thank you. boris, thank you. on what s happening with venezuela and the u.s. in the meantime, more breaking news involving president trump s former campaign chairman paul manafort. we have the very latest. a busy day here in washington, brooke. we finally have this filing from paul manafort s legal team. they filed it under seal and portions of it have now been released. their response to the accusations from the special counsel s office that paul manafort lied to them in the propositions and meetings before
here s the new piece of breaking news. the embattled president of vens way la says he s ending diplomatic relationship with the united states. this comes after president trump recognized an opposition leader as the legitimate president of venezuela and it comes after days of violent protests in the country. let s begin in cora cass. can you give us a little bit of context as to why he would have said this and where would these diplomats go? reporter: it s exactly we are seeing history in front of our eyes. earlier today, the president of the national assembly here, the president of parliament swore himself in as an interim president with the support of the united states of america and of many other countries around the world including canada.